Pretty Baby

Hush pretty baby
don't you dare cry
your new mama
she will poke out your eye.
One day
warm comfort stolen away
replaced
cold cell
bare mattress
chained to the floor
crying tears
screaming for mommy;
the shock 
glassy eyed
paraded before
auctioned off
to the highest bidder.
Fear builds
constant
can never walk the walk
talk the talk.
Sass earns you a backhand
a needle in the arm
barely conscious
but no one cares
you are meat
a commodity
used
abused
thrown to the wayside
when your uses are over.
Hush pretty baby
don't you cry
your new mama
she will let you die.

©March 6/23

It Will Happen

Tears

streak

drip from eyes

fall to chin

hollow pain

erupting

bringing me to my knees

gasping

head forward

drool

as I sob

nothing has hurt more

than this

feeling discarded

unwanted

even though

I know

deep within

this is not the truth

pain roils

never ending.

Tears continue to seep

stand beneath the shower

sobbing

how could this happen

when I had given so much

bringing forth life…..

I knew this day would come

when I was no longer number one

independence gained

mom’s loss

tender pain

does it ever end?

Or will I cry these tears forever?

A river.

An ocean.

It hurts.

 

©Nov. 26/22